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Fiji Water workers strike enters day four - Union 'hopeful' for a resolution
A National Union of Workers official is hopeful Fiji Water employees who are entering their fourth day on strike will return to work shortly.
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Samoa's TV3 closes channel and goes online only
10 May 2024In a first of its kind in Samoa, Apia Broadcasting channel TV3 is moving its station completely online because it can no longer afford to broadcast…
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Tuvalu to launch information campaign on treaty with Australia
10 May 2024The Tuvalu government is expected to launch an educational programme on its Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty.
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What does Frank Bainimarama's custodial sentence mean for Fiji politics?
9 May 2024The former Fiji prime minister was handed a one-year jail sentence in the Fiji High Court on Thursday for perverting the course of justice.
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Pasifika Sipoti - preview of weekend sports
10 May 2024A preview of weekend sport, including OFC Men's Champions League, rugby league, Super Rugby and beach volleyball.
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French Pacific news in brief
10 May 2024A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including New Caledonia's power supply in "critical situation".
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Fiji's Coca-Cola Games wants to lose branding for 50th edition in 2025
The director of Fiji's biggest sporting event says it will drop the name and branding of Coca-Cola for next year's 50th anniversary if it can find a new sponsor. Audio
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Pacific news in brief for May 10
10 May 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a band teacher pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.
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Super Rugby Pacific: D-Day matches for Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika
The Cultural Round is the telling round for both teams as far as their hopes of making it into the knockout stages is concerned. Losing will ruin their plans.
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Vanuatu govt considers placing Air Vanuatu into voluntary administration
The Vanuatu government is considering placing Air Vanuatu, the national carrier of Vanuatu, into voluntary administration.
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Former Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama jailed
Former Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was found guilty over the blocking of a police investigation in 2021. Video
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'Completely stupid' - ex-Tuvalu PM on NZ's Shane Jones' oil and gas comments
9 May 2024A former Tuvalu prime minister says while the New Zealand government's oil and gas plans show it is concerned about its economy, he is more concerned about the livelihoods and survival of the Tuvalu…
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Sailing meets science in new Pacific data-gathering project
9 May 2024"We now have the capacity, the ability, to capture this e-DNA from a few litres of seawater."
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New Caledonia's constitution: green light in Paris, red light in Nouméa
9 May 2024Analysis - On Tuesday, the French National Assembly (Lower House) law committee was debating the value of the proposed constitutional amendment to alter the rules of eligibility to vote at local…
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UN wants international backing to curb PNG violence
8 May 2024The United Nations is seeking more international assistance as it strives to help Papua New Guinea overcome the violence that frequently erupts in the country.
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Kiwi teenager dies in sleep while on vacation in the Cook Islands
8 May 2024The 15-year-old's family is now preparing to repatriate his body back to their home in Hastings, but they have only managed to fund half the amount needed for repatriation.
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PNG population growth is a 'time bomb', warns professor
9 May 2024A professor at the Papua New Guinea School of Medicine says the country's population growth is a "time bomb".
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High Court to decide fate of ex-Fiji PM and suspended police chief
The fate of former Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama and suspended police commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho will be known today.
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Pacific Language Week: Tok Pisin and Solomon Islands Pidgin join series
9 May 2024The Pacific Language Week series begins on Sunday with Rotuma starting the initiative driven by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.
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Solomon Islands - an incumbent's defeat and resurrection
8 May 2024Opinion - Most countries in the Oceania region recognise Beijing and welcome Chinese aid, but no other Pacific state has become so dependent on China as Solomon Islands.
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Cricket: Barramundis 'feeling good' ahead of Men's T20 World Cup
8 May 2024Papua New Guinea Barramundis captain, Assadollah Vala, is confident the team will perform to expectations at the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup
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New bout of dreams for Niue boxer after Paris knockout
A Niuean boxer based in Aotearoa New Zealand, Duken Holo Tutakitoa-Williams, is heading to Russia to compete in the 2024 World Friendship Games
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NZ helps monitor for fishy business in Fiji's EEZ
The six-week deployment of a Royal New Zealand Navy contingent was to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Young Star burns bright for her Fiji family
Straight out of school, Fijian defender Lili Tokaduadua is making a statement for the Stars in NZ's elite netball league - and is grateful for the famous sporting family who took her in.
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Pacific news in brief for May 8
8 May 2024A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a medicine shortage in a Papua New Guinea health centre.
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Bougainville ire raised over delayed JSB meeting
7 May 2024Bougainville is furious that it is being blamed for another deferral of a meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body, which oversees its relationship with Papua New Guinea.
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Strike action: Workers take on Fiji Water, demand better pay
A group of workers for Fiji Water have gone on strike at the US-owned company's water bottling plant in Yaqara on the main island Viti Levu on Tuesday.
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Fewer cyclones than predicted in El Nino summer - NIWA
7 May 2024The El Niño weather pattern was supposed to result in a high number of cyclones in the South Pacific, but there were only seven. Audio
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